30-05-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ ISLAMABAD: Some prominent infectious disease experts are pushing for faster action from global health authorities to contain a growing monkeypox outbreak that has spread to at least 20 countries. They are arguing that governments and the World Health Organization should not repeat the early …

30-05-2022 JERUSALEM: Flag-waving Jewish nationalists are set to march through the heart of the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday in a parade that could re-ignite violence between Israelis and Palestinians. The annual Jerusalem procession celebrates Israel’s capture of the Old City in the 1967 Middle East war …

29-05-2022 KATHMANDU: A small plane with 22 people on board flying on a popular tourist route was missing in Nepal’s mountains on Sunday. The Tara Airlines plane, which was on a 15-minute scheduled flight to the mountain town of Jomsom, took off from Pokhara, 200km (124 miles) east of Kathmandu. …

29-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report UNITED NATIONS/ BEIJING/ KARACHI: The UN human rights chief has defended her China trip as she was accused of failing to hold Beijing accountable for its alleged human rights abuses, saying she raised concerns with officials about the treatment of Uighur …

29-05-2022 LAGOS: At least 31 people have been killed during a stampede at a church charity event in southern Nigeria’s Port Harcourt city, according to the police. Hundreds of people who had turned up to receive food at the event early on Saturday broke through a gate, causing the stampede, …

29-05-2022 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s coal exports to Pakistan have surged. The Ministry of Finance said that since the Islamic Emirate came to power, two million tons of coal have been exported abroad, especially to Pakistan. Rising Afghan coal exports to Pakistan have caused an increase in fuel prices …

29-05-2022 Fusako Shigenobu, who co-founded the once-feared armed group Japanese Red Army, was released from prison on Saturday after serving a 20-year sentence and she apologized for hurting innocent people. “I feel strongly that I have finally come out alive,” she said, welcomed by her daughter and a crowd of …

29-05-2022 TRIPOLI: Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign fighters and private military companies, especially Russia’s Wagner Group which has violated international law. In a United Nations report obtained by media, experts also accused seven Libyan armed groups of systematically using unlawful detention to punish perceived opponents, ignoring international …

28-05-2022 WASHINGTON: Less than 450km (280 miles) from where a gunman killed 21 people at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, former United States President Donald Trump has headlined a defiant conference of the pro-gun lobby group, the National Rifle Association (NRA). Amid growing calls for stronger gun control measures …

28-05-2022 DUBAI/ TEHRAN: Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf on Friday, Iranian state media reported, shortly after Tehran warned it would take “punitive action” against Athens over the confiscation of Iranian oil by the United States from a tanker held off the Greek coast. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard …